Steam railroad train on a straight track (paralleled by telephone lines) running through an otherwise empty landscape

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection consists chiefly of photographic prints and slides documenting early 20th century Nigeria.

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From the Collection: 96 Boxes

From the Collection: 4 trunks

From the Collection: English

This is probably drawn by engine 311, shown in 25N:61:b:1

Location: Nigeria

Originally contained in an envelope (25N:59:t/DW_07082) with the caption "Bukuru. The highest point on the Nigerian Railways. Corn house, Gudi."

The images in this envelope were collected as part of the work for the article "Tin mining on the Jos plateau" (Nigeria 34(1950):235-254)

Item category: Railways

Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository

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